The 21st Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2026 Mid-Year
Past Polls Index
New Albums Rara Avis
Critics
Acquaro - CatarinoCebulski - FinneyFreeman - HoffHovan - LorraiLuen - PiccirilliPick - VargaWatson - Yokoi

Ballot 2026 Mid-Year

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Matthieu Jouan (Citizen Jazz)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. The Tomeka Reid Quartet, Dance! Skip! Hop! (Out of Your Head) →
  2. Nicolas Leirtrø's Action Now!, Entrance (Sauajazz) →
  3. The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Corbett vs. Dempsey '25) →
  4. Kaja Draksler Octet, Bare, Unfolding (Zavod Sploh/Clean Feed) →
  5. Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Exit) Knarr, Fly (Sauajazz) →
  6. Camila Nebbia - Marilyn Crispell - Lesley Mok, A Reflection Distorts Over Water (Relative Pitch '25) →
  7. Craig Taborn - Nels Cline - Marcus Gilmore, Trio of Bloom (Pyroclastic '25) →
  8. Flöjter, Brest Flow (Utech) →
  9. Clément Janinet - Arve Henriksen - Ambre Vuillermoz - Robert Lucaciu, Garden of Silences (BMC) →
  10. North Sea String Quartet, Zonar (Happy Seal) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse (1967, Resonance '25) →
  2. Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Vibrations in the Village: Live at the Village Gate (1963, Resonance '25) →
  3. Miles Davis, Miles '56: The Prestige Recordings (Craft) →
  4. The Charlie Rouse Band, Cinnamon Flower: The Expanded Edition (1977, Resonance '25) →
  5. Bill Evans, Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings (1959-61, Craft '25) →

 

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